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“Boots on the Ground” is a 2017 film written and directed by Louis Melville. The story centers on a group of British soldiers torn apart by greed and demonic forces as they try to survive the last night of the Afghan War. Found footage fans should already be familiar with Melville’s work, as he served as a producer on the 2003 feature, The Last Horror Movie ( 2003). Released on DVD as ...

Every so often amongst the plethora of new found footage films, we come across a mashup of two unlikely sub-genres. The upcoming found footage film Boots on the Ground, by director Louis Melville, is one such example, mixing traditional war footage with the supernatural. This leads us to an all-important question, is Boots on the Ground a fictional film or an actual account of historic events? An ...

Hindu Kush, Afghanistan October 2014. War ends at midnight, all five British soldiers have to do is stay alive till then. After surviving a firefight the five British soldiers try to find a safe haven to sit out the rest of last night of the Afghan war. Trekking through woodland they come across a large imposing British fort dating back to the first British-Afghan war of the early 19th century. On...